Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Você by Caroline Kepnes

74 reviews

redwrapped's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The way You was written was fantastic: claustrophobic, highly detailed, and wholly original. I felt like I could be Joe Goldberg. It was that intense and that immersive. But the characters were so utterly unlikable they were not merely just unlikable; I fucking hated them. Which is probably what the author intended, and a reflection of how the narrator feels about the various characters, but honestly, I wanted to throw the book away because of how awful the characters are. Not so much for how they were written but what they did and said.

And why Beck was so "different" and "brave" and "interesting" is beyond me; she felt incredibly shallow and bratty, not a bad person (she's not a killer, for one thing) but she is fantastically stupid, and I don't understand how she's able to survive in New York without a job for 95% of the story, or how she got into university and writes the stories she writes, when it does sound as though her stories are mediocre and her work ethic is lacking. She doesn't spend time writing, or workshopping her writing, or working; her time is spent coddling her emotionally insecure friends, masturbating (supposedly, I don't really believe those parts), and tweeting. Why Joe is obsessed with her is past my comprehension, and unless it's just him being a dishonest, unreliable narrator, she really wasn't worth being stalked—and put on a pedestal for the length of a whole book!

The only reason I kept on was because of how the book was written, and I wanted to guess how much of the story was reality and how much was distorted fantasy. And the amount of fact versus fiction was never confirmed or truly alluded to at the end, so I guess I'll never know.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

tatiannaskye's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Took a while for me to finish this book, about a week an a half. The writing was subpar, but in my honest opinion there was just too much filler. This caused me to put down the book quite a bit as it was just hard to get through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Minor: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

aeai's review against another edition

dark sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I watched the series before reading this and I'm quite disappointed. Narratively it isn't (as) interesting or refined, in my opinion, and I found reading the extremely misogynistic stream of consciousness of the main character not appealing in the slightest. I don't like how the characters or their storylines are written, especially when it comes to the women, and I get why the screenwriters felt like they needed to add and change so much for the adaptation. Many clever turns, references, tensions, nuances in the series... turn out to not exist in the original material. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming and Bullying

anne311's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Sometimes u just have to read the worst book ever....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

abbieleelee's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Toxic friendship

shiv123's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing and Stalking

dwellordream's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

dorianlecter's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Medical content, Car accident, and Murder

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This was a good time. Honestly like I kept feeling kind of bad for Joe and then I had to be like no he’s crazy. Also honestly beck was annoying and so was like everyone, but that’s like the point. I’m glad I can finally watch the show now. I’m also nervous about the Squeal because a lot of people hated it. Oh this is also really graphic in the sexual aspect so just be warned. I was listening to this without headphones and I’m like good loud I hope no one walks in because it’s literally basically smut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

caseyf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Stalking